Devon Wounded Soldiers’ Christmas Fund: £ 1,000 required. The following list of subscriptions have been kindly promised in aid of the above fund. It is hoped to make provision for the Christmas Entertainment of the Wounded Soldiers, probably numbering 4,000 accommodated in Hospitals in the County of Devon. Every shilling given will be devoted to the provision of comforts and gifts. All work in connection with the Fund is purely voluntary: Will you please help? … (list of subscriptions) … W. F. Pinsent, Esq., Newton Abbot, (sic) £ 1 1s 0d
[see also Western Times: Wednesday 21st November 1917 and Friday 23rd November 1917]
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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920